Danelo Cavalcante is the convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison recently and evaded capture for...
the view from the balcony
Sweat bees are famous—or infamous—for their tendency to land on humans to obtain moisture and salts from...
What can one say about a big man with an even bigger heart who could befriend a...
Grandfather cluck Sellphone Coughee pot Compooter Window pain Kenfolks Gulfcourse Flight of stares Flying pan Fitted breadsheet...
Once upon a time in a land far away there was a small country that was ruled...
It was November 25, 1963. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy had been assassinated three days earlier. I was...
I’ve conducted many interviews through the years with Supreme Court Justices, ghosts, presidents, disgraced coaches, politicians, entertainment...
Nearly every week now there are senseless shootings in this “land of the free and the home...
On April 25 Carolyn Bryant Donham’s voice was silenced when she died under hospice care in Westlake,...
I dreamt last night of my mother. I was in bed and she was gently nudging me,...
When musicians take a song into the studio for recording, it’s common for it to go through...
“Waste knot, want knot” my daddy often said. But at this moment in thyme I was at...
In 1976 I was a junior Church Music major at William Carey College in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and...
In recent months Top Secret documents have been found in the residences of former President Donald Trump,...
When I was in elementary school—third or fourth grade as I recall—a group of us boys became...
Over the holidays I became a bionic man. My brilliant and skilled doctor replaced my left knee...
Christmas has its nativity scene, Judaism has its menorah, Kwanza has its Mishumaa Sabaa, Buddhism has Bodhi...
This year the holiday season will be different from any before for many, including the four families...
Like Moses parting the Red Sea so the Israelites could flee from Egypt on dry land, the...
Random things I’ve heard or read—mostly on The Balcony.Most of the names have been changed to protect...